Chapter 88: The Truth Behind the Lin Family's Downfall

"So you live in this place now? Back in Shine Metropolitan 10 years ago, this would've been quite fancy!" 

Back in Raydwin's small house, the fake "Cyra" was clearly here for the first time. She kept looking around, unable to stop herself from saying nice things about it.

"Of course! This place has become the angels' temporary base to fight against the demon invasion. There are still several empty rooms. If you like, you're welcome to move in anytime!" Raydwin proudly answered before I could. He seemed very pleased with this "base" idea. Then he opened the fridge and kindly gave everyone a drink.

"A base, huh?" The fake "Cyra" sat on the sofa and skillfully opened her bottle. She took a big gulp of cola, let out a long burp, then had a thoughtful look. "People nowadays are really easy to deal with. They accept the angel thing so easily!"

"Why don't you first tell us where you're from?" I suddenly noticed many details in her words and actions. After thinking, I decided to start the conversation with the most familiar possibility.

"First, you know me, but I don't know you at all! But for some reason, my gut feeling tells me you should be a classmate I used to know, and you didn't use any disguise magic! So there's only one reason left for why you're here..."

Thinking of past experiences, I confidently told her the conclusion I'd already reached:

"Is it because of time travel, coming back from the future?"

"Coming back from the future? At first I thought so too, but later I found out things might not be as simple as you think..." 

To my surprise, she shook her head with a bitter smile, rejecting this guess. But she didn't seem to want to hide her identity from us. She changed the subject and introduced herself openly.

"But you're right about one thing - my name is also Cyra! Just that in H-country language, the pronunciation and writing might be a bit different. To be exact, when I changed my name back then, it should be 'Cyrae'!"

"Is there a difference?" Adrian, not very good at H-country language, asked in confusion.

"Of course it's different! Master, H-country culture is deep and profound. You'll slowly understand after some time!" Raydwin immediately guaranteed proudly when this topic came up.

"So you're not from Earth either?" Cyrae seemed a bit surprised when she heard this. She didn't think of Adrian as a foreigner at first, and had a thoughtful look.

"I feel like I've heard the name Adrian somewhere before, but I just can't remember..."

"He's my boyfriend. He knows basically everything about me!" I couldn't help but roll my eyes. My purpose in saying this wasn't to expose myself, but mainly to see if she really had Cyrus's memories from before Cyra's transformation, as I thought.

Of course, I guessed right! Cyrae was shocked and kept looking back and forth between me and Adrian. But I didn't dwell on this topic and continued to ask based on her previous answer:

"So when you said you didn't come back from the future, how exactly should that be explained?"

"To be honest, I'm not sure either. Even now, there are still many questions..." 

But Cyrae suddenly seemed hesitant again. She looked around at everyone present, finished her cola in one go, and asked while holding up the empty bottle:

"Sorry, can I have another one? If there's some alcohol, that would be even better!"

"Uh... there's no more. These were the last ones, and I don't usually drink alcohol!" 

No one expected her to suddenly bring this up. Raydwin opened the fridge to check, and could only helplessly suggest:

"The only way now is to go out and buy some, but the supermarket is quite far. Or we could order online delivery..."

"Then please trouble you! I heard you're trying to lose weight recently, right? This might be a good chance to show your determination to your master, and exercise yourself at the same time!" 

Cyrae rudely interrupted him, and even added fuel to the fire.

"Well..." 

Now even if Raydwin was unwilling, he couldn't refuse on the spot. He turned to look at Adrian's expression, and seeing him nod in approval, could only reluctantly open the door and drag his fat body to make another trip.

"He's really easy to boss around!" Seeing Raydwin disappear around the stairs, I couldn't help but sigh that Cyrae was indeed related to Cyra somehow. Although their personalities were different, they were quite similar in some small thoughts. 

"Hah, it's all thanks to my looks!" Cyra leaned against the wall and snorted disdainfully. Obviously, she had done this kind of thing many times before, using her angel identity to boss people around. Luckily she met the good-tempered Raydwin. If it was someone else, they might have kicked her out long ago.

"Now that he's gone, tell us! What exactly is so hard for you to say?" After cooperating with Cyrae to send Raydwin away, he asked directly.

"It's not really a big deal. I just worried it would be too hard for a normal Earth person to accept!" Cyrae shook her head, then put on a serious face and revealed the truth:

"If I'm not wrong, my experience should be the same as yours! I accidentally traveled to another world through a class reunion and was reborn as an angel. But different from your situation, after returning to Earth, I've been here for almost 80 years!"

"80 years?!" Everyone couldn't help but gasp. Cyra especially discovered the key problem:

"But now on Earth, it's only been a bit over a year since that class reunion! If what you're saying is true, does that mean angels have been secretly living on Earth for 80 years? That's impossible, right?"

The answer was obvious.

"Of course it's possible! Don't you remember the Lin family incident?"

Suddenly I remembered a fact we had overlooked before. Before our travel, there were indeed some urban legends about angels appearing on Earth. The most recent one was the fall of Jason Lin, the provincial governer of Shine Metropolitan!

Why did Cyrus join the True Church halfway through university? Wasn't it because her ex-girlfriend was harmed by Jason Lin's son, Liam Lin?

Because of the ex-girlfriend, Cyrus's whole family was later implicated. Her father even died in an accident during a demolition dispute.

We thought this drama would end quietly with just an official compensation of over 100,000 bucks. But later there was a sudden big twist! The whole Lin family went crazy overnight. Jason Lin was reported to the central government for corruption and fell from power. Cyrus's family got the compensation and redress they deserved!

The root of everything seemed to point to the so-called "angel" mentioned by the Lin family's housekeeper!

"I did that!" Hearing me mention this, Cyrae was quite straightforward and admitted it without hesitation.

"Really? Then... that 'Lord' who appeared in the church, looked exactly like me, and promised to punish the culprit - was that you too?" Cyra stepped forward, asking the other person to confirm again in disbelief. This had been a thorn in her heart! To find the "Lord" in her heart, Cyra almost mistakenly thought it was Pope Cysper in the Holy City in another world, but was frustrated when he firmly denied it.

"Yes, of course it was me!" As expected, the matter was confirmed once again from Cyrae's mouth. She sighed, gathered her thoughts for a moment, then slowly told us the truth about that time:

"Back then, when father died because of the Lin family's behind-the-scenes manipulation, I couldn't do anything! But this time when I came back and history repeated itself, although I knew history shouldn't be changed casually, I was no longer my former self. Naturally, I couldn't just watch the Lin family get away with it again!"

So after Cyrae lived quietly on Earth for 80 years, seeing her past self - Cyrus - in extreme pain after losing her father, she finally couldn't hold back and took action!

Since she decided to do it, she had to do it thoroughly! Because she was born in a True Church family, Cyrae first used disguise magic to transform into Cyrus's appearance and showed up in the church. She pretended to be "God" to comfort her past self. Then she flew to the Lin family and applied too much light magic on Jason Lin and his son, turning them into idiots. Finally, she flew to another city to the room of H-country's president, personally handed over Jason Lin's crime files, making the Lin family lose everything.

This was the truth behind the fall of the Lin family!